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JAMES C. CARRICK, OF SPIVEY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO E. R.SMALLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,525, dated August23, 1892. Application filed April 20. 1392. Serial No. 429,893. (Nomodel.)

To all whom/ it wrong concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. CARRIOK, a citizen of the United States,residingat Spivey, in the county of Kingman and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Car-Couplers; and Idohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichto it appertains to make and use the same.

Myinvention has relation to improvements in car-couplers; and itconsists in the peculiar construction, certain novel combinations, andthe adaptation of parts hereinafter described,

and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of aportion of a car equipped with my improved car-coupler. Fig.

2 is a side elevation of the link-engaging hook removed. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section taken at one side of thelink-engaginghook.

In the said drawings similar letters desig- 2 5 nate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, referring to which- A indicates thedraw-head of my improved car-coupler, which is preferably of the generalform usually employed and is provided with a flaring mouth, as shown, soas to facilitate the entrance of the link. This draw-head A is providedin its top, bottom, and rear walls with a longitudinally-extending slotat to receive the link-engaging hook B, which is piv- 3 5 otally mountedadjacent to its rear end upon a transverse shaft 19, taking through thedrawhead. This shaft 6, which is removable, so as to allow of adisconnection of the hook B when desirable, is provided at its end withan 0 angular handle branch 0, through the medium of which it may bereadily removed.

Connected to or formed integral with one side of the draw-head A is akeeper C, which comprises the laterally and forwardly extendingbranches, as shown, and is designed to seat the handle branch 0 of theshaft 1), so as to prevent the casual removal of said shaft and theconsequent disconnection of the hook B. This hook B, as better shown inFig. 2 of the drawings, comprises the body (Z, the shank e, and the headf, which extends above and below the shank and has its forward edgeconvexly curved, as illustrated, whereby it will be seen that when alink engages the same the hook will beraised and an automatic couplingeffected. Bythe provision ofalinkengaging hook such as described, inconjunction with the slot at in the draw-head, it will be readilyperceived that when in its normal position the said link will bearagainst the (0 rear wall, the top wall, and the bottom wall of thedraw-head, and will consequently be enabled to withstand a great amountof strain.

Connected to or formed integral with the upper side of the draw-head A,adjacent to the rear end of the slot a, is a transverse bridgebar g,which crosses said slot and is designed to limit the upward play of thehook B.

Fulcrumed at an intermediate point in its length upon a standard risingfrom the drawhead is a longitudinally-extending lever E, which isconnected at its forward end, through the medium of a link h, with theupper end of the headfof the hook B. This lever E is rocked to raise thehook B by a transverse rocking lever F, which is fulcrumed upon thefront of the car and is connected to said lever E in rear of itsfulcrum-point byan angular arm G, as shown, whereby it will be seen thatwhen the outer end of the lever F is raised the link-engaging hook Bwill also be raised.

Pivotallyconnected to the lever F adjacent to its free end and extendingupwardly therefrom through suitable guides is a handle H, through themedium of which said lever may be rocked from the top of the car, andpivotally connected to said lever F adjacent to its free end andextending laterally and downwardly therefrom is a handle M, through themedium of which the lever F may be rocked 0 and the hook B raised, whendesirable, without the objectionable necessity of the attendant goingbetween the cars.

From the foregoing description, taken in conjunction with the annexeddrawings, it will be readily perceived that I have provided acar-coupler of an exceedingly cheap, simple, and durable constructionadapted to be readily manipulated from the top or side of the car andadapted when in operation to withthe draw-head A, having thelongitudinallyextending slot a in its top, bottom, and rear walls, ofthe link-engaging hook mounted in said slot and comprising the bodyd,pivotal1y connected to the draw-head, the shank a, with head f,extending above and below the shank and having its forward edge convexlycurved, and the bridge-bar g, spanning the slot at to limit the movementof said hook, substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

2. In a car-coupler, substantially as described,the combination,with thedraw-head, the transverse shaft b, taking through the draw-head andhaving the angular branch 0 at one end, and the link-engaging hookpivotally connected to said shaft, of the keeper C, connected to thedraw-head and adapted to engage the branch 0 of the shaft 12, so as to,

prevent a casual displacement of the same, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. 3. In a car-coupler, snbstantiallyas specified, thecombination, with the draw-head and the link-engaging hook pivotallymounted therein, of thelongitudinally-extending lever E, a linkconnecting the forward end of said lever with the link-engaging hook,the trans-' verse rocking lever F, the angular arm connecting the innerportions of the levers E F, the upwardly extending handle H, pivotallyconnected to the lever F adjacent to the free end thereof, and thelaterally and downwardly extending handle also connected to the lever Fadjacent to the free end thereof, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I JAMES C. CARRICK.

Witnesses:

' FRANKLIN L. BETTY,

WILLIAM W. MAGRUDER.

